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Trying to get pregnant? Tell your loser boyfriend to stop smoking pot Men in their childbearing years (aged up to about 45) should think twice before lighting up while trying to conceive.
What do tobacco smoke, pesticides, flame retardants, obesity, and marijuana have in common? The ability to alter the DNA of men’s sperm. As legal access to cannabis expands across North America, more scientists are turning their attention to the drug’s active ingredient, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). New research from Duke Health suggests men in their childbearing years (aged up to about 45) should think twice before lighting up while trying to conceive. Experiments in rats and a study with 24 men found that THC targets genes in two major cellular pathways, and alters DNA methylation, a process essential to normal development. Whether genetic changes can be reversed or may be passed on…
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It Happened To Me: I succumbed to desire and asked my husband’s hot friend to teach me yoga The wedding band is no ward against desire. I knew I was playing with fire.
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I got an IUD and now I’m having second thoughts Now that it’s been a year since I’ve had my IUD and well, was all that really worth it?
So I guess the only place to start this is by saying, vaginas are weird. I love mine, but they are weird and magical places that well, even in my thirties I’m still trying to fully discover what mine is all about. When I was a teenager, I figured by this age, I’d have it all figured out. But nope – here I am, still figuring it out. Back in late 2014, I had a stroke. Yes, completely unrelated to my vagina – but don’t worry, we’re getting to that in just a second. My stroke took me completely by surprise, one minute I was out for brunch for a girlfriend’s birthday…
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7 ways to work out negative emotions with your SO Dr. Bill Cloke has worked with couples for 30 years. He explains how to approach and handle negative feelings in a relationship.
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It Happened To Me: I thought I was pregnant, but it was just my fat Is it possible to be a pregnant virgin? No, but that didn't stop me from convincing myself that I was. Here's why.
Last week, I was convinced that I was pregnant, even though nobody has ever ejaculated into my vagina. I’d like the record to show that I, Ashley Reese, am pretty well versed in sex education. I had plenty of in-depth sex ed at my progressive private schools growing up and I even write for a teen girl site in which I let help our readers separate fact–yes, you can potentially get pregnant even if you do it on your period, your boyfriend is a 15-year-old idiot, please don’t listen to him–from fiction–no, you can’t get pregnant if he came on your leg. So I’m not in the stick-a-can-of-soda-up-your-cooch-to-kill-the-sperm camp by any stretch…
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I don’t want kids and it’s time we normalize that I can’t imagine having to be responsible for another human being. I can hardly manage my own life.
It almost seems mandatory to have children. As soon as you get a serious boyfriend and/or are considering marriage, your relatives are instantly making eyes at you and popping the “When are you gonna have a baby?” question. That’s the thing, though. They ask when are you going to have a baby like it’s just a given. Believe it or not, the sole purpose of being a woman is more than just being able to bear children. Sorry to break it to you, relatives, but each and every day the world is becoming more modern and not every woman wants to live her adult life caring after another human being…
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It Happened To Me: my father taught me how to be the perfect mistress There is so much more to being a good mistress than discretion. Philosophy and tips on executing the perfect extramarital fling.
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18 supreme perks of having a pregnant belly This is why some women stay serial preggers.
The other morning, after I stepped out of the shower, I realized that the bath towel no longer fully wrapped around me. Sigh. It was yet one more thing refusing to fit my pregnant belly. The blossoming stretch marks sure aren’t welcome, either. And yet, there have been a bunch of unexpected payoffs of having a preggo tummy (aside from the baby inside, that is). Check out these benefits, otherwise known as #brightside: 1. 99.9% less guilt … … about eating ice-cream sundaes, taking naps, getting out of activities you don’t want to do, and completely avoiding your scale. 2. Also! No worries about … … food bumps following over-indulgent meals. 3. Serious amounts of savings…
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Black women’s thirst for white male approval When it comes to interracial relationships between Black women and white men, white male approval is paramount. Here's why it's beyond toxic.
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8 things you should never say to a pregnant woman Education for all the non-baby vessels (men) and judgmental moms out there.
Pregnancy is definitely a love/hate relationship. One of the things I do not love about pregnancy is all the advice and comments you get — particularly from strangers. Lately I have found that these unwanted gestures tend to get worse as you near your due date. When someone says something to me, I usually just smile or do my best to fake a laugh. Luckily I am not one to take offense easily, so if you know me and have said any of these things listed below, do not fret as I still love you. I have been keeping a list of things not to say to pregnant women to …
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I got an IUD and now I’m having second thoughts Now that it’s been a year since I’ve had my IUD and well, was all that really worth it?
It Happened To Me: Two of my simps died Let me tell you about Crazy T and Latex Geezer.
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Guys, if we want you to get us pregnant, we will It’s an age old question you don't want to google: "How do I trick my man into getting me pregnant?"
It’s an age old question you don’t want to google: “How do I trick my man into getting me pregnant?” So I did. Are you ready for this? Starting with Yahoo answers: How do you trick your boy friend into ejaculating inside your vagina if he wont cause he knows you want a baby? Alisonn: I got 2 ways. 1. Poke your arm with a needle or something and tell him you got a birth control shot, and then if he wants proof show him the poke… 2. Buy some birth control or get some from planned parenthood, then pretend to take them but dont really take them… Queenbee: just…
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A girl’s guide to good back door lovin’ It’s no longer just for gays, perverts, or weirdos. Women can and do enjoy butt humping.
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When the sex work client looks like a relative I met my phone client IRL and almost puked my guts out.
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Yes, abortion is murder—but do you really want to hand a psycho a baby? If she doesn’t want, and is prepared to MURDER a baby, how can you even think of giving a woman like that a baby to take care of?
I find this whole “is it a baby” debate to be frankly, quite fucking retarded. OF COURSE IT’S A BABY! Duh times eleventy fucking million! We’re not talking about IF its a baby (it is) but rather, who has the right to kill a baby? Grandma? Nope. Daddy? Nope, sorry. Doctors? Well, sometimes, yeah. What are the criteria doctors use to determine whether or not to withdraw life support from a baby, or really, ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING? It has to do with neural activity. Is the brain alive? Is there an “I” in there? Can you think? Can you feel? Yes? Congratulations, you’re a person. Why should it be…
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My Big Fat Mexican Drug Deal: a honeymoon story I just knew that my new husband and I would end up spending our honeymoon in a rat infested prison cell a la Midnight Express.
How I got my kids to eat their greens: homemade gummies Want your kids to enjoy the benefits of leafy greens, but don't know how to get them to eat the stuff? These easy homemade candies are the answer!
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It Happened To Me: I tried to trick my ex into getting me pregnant My motivation was not to “trap” Alex in any way. I merely wanted someone to replace him.
OK, I know. The title makes me sound like a horrible person — and you’re absolutely right if you’re thinking that was an awful thing to do. It was! I guess my objective here is to paint myself as a relatable character, if not a sympathetic one. When I was 21 years old, I was a mess. My father had died of a drug overdose a little over a year before, and both of my grandmothers passed away that same year. My mother was in the middle of a messy divorce from my verbally abusive stepfather, and I was in the middle of a break-up with my boyfriend of nearly…
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The horrifying truth about the life and death of Pocahontas Unfortunately, the familiar Disneyfied tales are about as true as your average tabloid headline.
My john outed me to my mom. This is how I got revenge. Grossouts ahead.
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The teen mom guide to parenting A step by step tutorial to total dysfunction via MTV's hit TV show about teenage mothers.
It’s amazing more sixteen-year-old girls aren’t terrified of their own vaginas what with these teenage mom shows being so popular. One in particular, Teen Mom, follows a group of adolescent mothers as stumble through parenting while staying true to their teen selves. Their approach to raising a child works zero percent of the time, and that’s what makes it one of the greatest shows on TV right now. We don’t know where these girls got their ideas on how to transform infants into functional human beings, but we imagine the guide went something like this. So let’s begin. Rule #1: make yourself useless The first step into becoming a Teen…
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